Reproducing device, headphone and reproducing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKiminobu Ichimura
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Abstract
A reproducing device includes a reproducing unit configured to reproduce a contents sound, an output unit configured to output the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to a headphone, a talk detection unit configured to detect that a headphone fitter who fits the headphone talks with a person and an image normal position control unit configured to move the normal position of the image of the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to an arbitrary position when the talk detecting unit has detected that the headphone fitter has started talking with the person.
Claims12
A reproducing device, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- reproduce a contents sound that corresponds to a content;
- output the reproduced contents sound to a headphone;
- detect, based on a right sound signal and a left sound signal captured by a right microphone and a left microphone of the headphone, conversation by a wearer of the headphone with a person,
- wherein the detection is further based on the right sound signal and the left sound signal that are equal or are above a threshold;
- generate a control signal to move a normal position of an image of the contents sound based on the detection;
- move the normal position of the image of the contents sound to a first position based on the generated control signal, wherein the first position is opposite to a second position of the person with respect to the wearer;
- reduce a volume level of frequencies in the contents sound that correspond to a human voice;
- and
- turn noise cancellation into an OFF state based on the detection.
A headphone, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- reproduce a contents sound that corresponds to a content;
- detect, based on a right sound signal and a left sound signal captured by a right microphone and a left microphone of the headphone, conversation by a wearer of the headphone with a person,
- wherein the detection is further based on the right sound signal and the left sound signal that are equal or are above a threshold;
- generate a control signal to move a normal position of an image of the contents sound based on the detection;
- move the normal position of the image of the contents sound to a first position based on the generated control signal, wherein the first position is opposite to a second position of the person with respect to the wearer;
- reduce a volume level of frequencies in the contents sound that correspond to a human voice;
- and
- turn noise cancellation into an OFF state based on the detection.
A method, comprising:
- reproducing a contents sound that corresponds to a content;
- outputting the contents sound that has been reproduced to a headphone;
- detecting, based on a right sound signal and a left sound signal captured by a right microphone and a left microphone of the headphone, conversation by a wearer of the headphone with a person,
- wherein the detection is further based on the right sound signal and the left sound signal that are equal or are above a threshold;
- generating a control signal to move a normal position of an image of the contents sound based on the detection;
- moving the normal position of the image of the contents sound to a first position based on the generated control signal, wherein the first position is opposite to a second position of the person with respect to the wearer;
- reducing a volume level of frequencies in the contents sound that correspond to a human voice;
- and
- turning noise cancellation into an OFF state based on the detection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.